BWW Previews: NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR at New National Theatre
by BWW Intern - July 17, 2017 George Orwell's classic dystopian drama will make its Japanese debut next year. The New National Theatre will present NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR as part of its 20th Anniversary season. ...
Tim Minchin to Create 'Magical Picture Book' Based on Hit MATILDA THE MUSICAL Tune
by Caryn Robbins - April 05, 2017 Scholastic announced a global deal today for a new magical picture book inspired by Tim Minchin's hit song 'When I Grow Up' from the acclaimed award-winning show MATILDA THE MUSICAL. The book will be illustrated by internationally published award-winning author and illustrator Steve Antony...
Burning Coal Theatre Company Present Kidswrite 2018
by Julie Musbach - May 08, 2018 Come join us at Burning Coal Theatre for our 10th annual KidsWrite! New Play Festival 2018, featuring works written by local students in 6th-12th grades. The festival will take place on May 25-26, 2018, with performances at 7:00 pm at Burning Coal...
BWW Review: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, Bristol Hippodrome
by Tim Wright - June 14, 2017 15-year-old Christopher Boone has an extraordinary mind. He can solve maths problems that would send most adults into a mild panic and he can remember levels of detail that confound those around him. He also, however, hates the colour yellow, can't use a toilet if a stranger has used it and has neve...
SIMPLY FEMININE by Morgan Wonderly is Released
by Christina Mancuso - February 02, 2017 Morgan Wonderly has uncovered in her new book, Simply Feminine: Surprising Insights from Men, timeless truths about femininity that have been buried under years of political correctness....
Psychiatric Doctor Releases Memoir MY BRAIN IS OUT OF CONTROL
by Christina Mancuso - March 27, 2017 A medical doctor specializing in psychiatry has released his intimate memoir about his diagnoses with and journey through recovery from a devastating brain infection. In 'My Brain Is Out of Control,' Dr. Patrick Mbaya chronicles the physical, neurological and psychiatric complications brought on by ...
ANGRY ALAN Wins Fringe First Award And Announces Extra Dates
by Stephi Wild - August 10, 2018 Angry Alan, by multi-award winning playwright Penelope Skinner, has won a prestigious Scotsman Fringe First Award. Widely regarded as one of the UK's most significant feminist playwrights, Skinner's darkly comic and provocative new play explores masculinity in crisis....
Graphic Novelist Releases Second Installment in Science Fiction Series
by Robert Diamond - September 25, 2017 ...
BWW Review: OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS, Hampstead Theatre
by Gary Naylor - May 10, 2017 Occupational Hazards portrays the chaos of post-Saddam Iraq through the eyes of Rory Stewart, who was there and who tried....
New Novel by Former Judge REELFOOT KILLINS is Released
by Christina Mancuso - January 17, 2017 A gruesome double murder and the trial of a suspect who might be headed to death row consumes a community for a decade. Readers can follow the action from an anonymous tip through the process of justice in a new book, expected to be released soon by Dog Ear Publishing. 'Reelfoot Killins' centers ...
NBC Sports Teams with MRN for NASCAR XFinity Series Race Coverage from Watkins Glen
by Caryn Robbins - August 02, 2017 NBC Sports Group and Motor Racing Network will partner to present NASCAR XFINITY Series race coverage from Watkins Glen International, this Saturday, August 5, at 2 p.m. ET on NBCSN. Featuring a collaboration of NBC Sports Group and MRN's expertise covering live NASCAR races, Saturday's race telecas...
Howard Community College Presents A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM this Month
by BWW News Desk - June 02, 2017 The Howard Community College (HCC) Theatre Program presents William Shakespeare's comedy, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," for one weekend only, free and under the stars, June 29-July 1....
THE UNEXPECTED VISITATION is Released
by Christina Mancuso - January 09, 2017 Stephen M. Grimble's new book The Unexpected Visitation ($16.49, paperback, 9781498489416, $8.99, eBook, 9781498489430), relates the tale of an incredible, unforeseen event that astounds the world, generating reactions that range from anger to elation, denial to alarm, and one remarkable woman's res...
Smart Went Crazy Announces 'Con Art' 20th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue
by Caryn Robbins - November 27, 2017 Smart Went Crazy is proud to announce the deluxe 20th anniversary edition of their seminal sophomore (and final) album Con Art, available for pre-order now via Ernest Jenning Record Co. O...
Pioneer Productions Introduces THE LIVING ROOM SERIES
by A.A. Cristi - August 15, 2018 Pioneer Productions kicks off its new Living Room Series with 'Women's Work' - an evening of songs by female songwriters. Conceived and performed by singer/storyteller Wendy-Lane Bailey and composer/pianist Michele Brourman, it has a funny, sometimes challenging but always defiantly feminine viewpoi...
LIBERATORS AN AMERICAN MUSICAL Invades Chicago Musical Theatre Festival
by A.A. Cristi - January 23, 2018 Liberators is a powerful new musical which will premiere with eight other shows at The Chicago Musical Theatre Festival on on Thursday, February 8 , 2018 at 8:00 pm , Sunday Sat, February 11,2018 @ 3pm, Saturday, February 17,2018 @ 8pm & February 24, 2018 @8pm at Greenhouse Theater Center located at...
Spotlight Florida Welcomes MOVING ETHOS To New Stages Series
by Stephi Wild - February 11, 2019 Continuing a commitment to provide a platform and support for local contemporary artists, The Ringling has selected Moving Ethos, a Sarasota-based collective of movement artists, for the 6-month Spotlight Florida creative/performance residency. Launched in October 2018, the residency features progra...
Ifrah Mansour's HOW TO HAVE FUN IN A CIVIL WAR to Play Encore Performances at CTC
by BWW News Desk - January 06, 2017 Back by popular demand, Minnesota-based Somali playwright and performer Ifrah Mansour revisits her childhood memories during the 1991 Somali civil war to confront violent history with humor, and provide a voice for the stories of children....
Penelope Skinner's Fringe First Award-Winning ANGRY ALAN Transfers to Soho Theatre
by Stephi Wild - November 20, 2018 Following a smash-hit sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival, Penelope Skinner's Fringe-First award winning play Angry Alan now transfers to Soho Theatre. This darkly comic play about masculinity in crisis is written and directed by multi-award-winning playwright Penelope Skinner (The Village Bike,...
US Comedian, Sid Singh Roasts Silicon Valley In AMERICAN BOT at Edinburgh Fringe 2018
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2018 Following his first solo stand-up album, Amazing, Probably, which went to number 3 in the iTunes Comedy Chart, Sid Singh returns to the Edinburgh Fringe to tear a strip off Silicon Valley's tech culture (yes, Apple included!), its pervasiveness in our lives and the sexism and racism that reigns in t...
MCCC Gallery to Host 'Visual Arts Student Exhibition'
by Julie Musbach - March 28, 2018 Visual Arts students at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) will display their rich and varied talents as the Gallery at Mercer presents its annual “Visual Arts Student Exhibition.” This exhibit, which features the best works by MCCC students, will be held from Monday, April 2 to Thursday, May 3....
BWW Previews: ANAÏS, A DANCE OPERA at The New Vic Theater
by Maggie Yates - August 31, 2017 After a successful turn at the Avignon L'Off Festival in France, Anais, A Dance Opera, presented by Mixed eMotion Theatrix, comes to Santa Barbara's New Vic Theater September 8th and 9th. Anais explores the beguiling, nonconformist life of writer, Anais Nin, through music, modern dance, and theatre....
American Composer Gordon Getty Turns 85
by Julie Musbach - September 26, 2018 American composer Gordon Getty celebrates his 85th birthday on December 20, 2018. Mr. Getty's music has been widely performed in North America and Europe in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London's Royal Festival Hall, Vienna's Brahmssaal, and Moscow's Tchaikovsky Hall a...
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for Upcoming Film WILDLIFE Starring Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal
by Macon Prickett - May 23, 2018 IFC Films presents WILDLIFE, the directorial debut of Paul Dano (THERE WILL BE BLOOD, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE), co-written along with Zoe Kazan (THE BIG SICK). Elegantly adapted from Richard Ford's novel of the same name, Carey Mulligan (MUDBOUND, AN EDUCATION) delivers one of her finest performances t... |